Hide Arai I moved to New Zealand 24 years ago and have been working in the television industry for 12 of those 24 years. In the time I have been working in this industry there has been constant change and I have enjoyed the experiences and challenges of a great variety of projects from TV programs and non-broadcast corporate video productions to TV dramas, television commercials and commercial stills photography. The move from working free lance to operating as a company has seen a further increase in the volume and variety of these projects. We look forward to a busy future and to continuing to offer our clients the same professional, thorough and safety conscious service. Cameron Bennett After graduating from Canterbury University I could think of nothing better to do than to travel with plenty of mountaineering and snow sports. Working on ski fields in Canada provided plenty. Three years living in Northern Japan allowed plenty more, as well as an absorbing and mystifying cultural immersion. I learned to speak a sort of Japanese that people seem to understand. On returning to New Zealand I studied at South Seas Film and TV school before joining NZ Network. Work with NZ Network is enormously varied, with constant technical and logistical challenges, big and small projects, arcane research, and sudden travel to out of the way places. Camera work provides a welcome escape from inescapable paperwork but it is the problem solving and interesting people that keep the work stimulating. Koji Sugiyama I first came to New Zealand in 1996 and studied tourism at a Polytechnic in Gisborne. Through study and surfing I met many locals and found the kindness of kiwi people amazing, so naturally I decided to find work in this country. I worked in the tourism industry and gained a familiarity with the culture and geology of NZ. Since I began work at NZ Network as a coordinator, I have learnt a lot from the peculiar and unpredictable work the Film and TV industry throws up. I have often been asked what my job entails but I am never really sure how best to explain it. So far it has involved everything from extreme adventure sports, searching for giant earthworms to casting fashion models. There is no simple explanation but the variation certainly keeps boredom away.